University of Haifa students suspended for incitement have punishment repealed

Eight Arab students at the University of Haifa who were suspended last week for post-October 7 social media posts that were seen as expressing support for Hamas have had their suspension repealed after an appeal, Haaretz reports.

The university reportedly announced yesterday that the suspension was no longer in effect, after an appeal by Adalah, a civil rights organization focusing on Israel’s Arab citizens. The students were to have been suspended pending the results of a disciplinary process, which the students will still undergo. The university has also started a mediation process with the students in question.

In a similar case, the Ben-Gurion University administration said today that it would seek suspension of a student also accused of making inflammatory posts after October 7, after the university’s own disciplinary committee gave the student a reprimand and 40 hours of community service.